Handle for pocket-books.



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WIT/1158858 'A A TTOR/E YS liti BENJAMN FISCH AND JOSEPH WALDMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANDLE FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Non.. 27, lllft'.

Application filed May 5, 191?. Serial No. 166,520.

To all 'whom t may concern? Be it known that we, BENJAMIN FrsCH and Jessen WALDMAN, both citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New `York, borough of Brooklyn, county of lngs, and State of New York, have invented a new and lmproved Handle for Pocket- Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Uur invention has for its object to provide a handle for pocket books 4combining a main tight handle and a long' loose auxiliary handle. The main handle is secured at its ends to the pocket book, and two sleeves are slidably mounted on the main handle to which the ends of the auxiliary loose handle are secured. The auxiliary loose handle is disposed flat against the main handle when the latter is used, the sleeves being drawn in the direction of each other to permit of the use of the auxiliary loose handle when desired.

' Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specication, in

which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

ln the drawings similar reference characters denote similar parts in all the views, in which- Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a poc ret book provided with our handle, and showing how the long loose handle is used.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating the position of the handle when the pocketbook is not in use;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that illustrated in Fig. 2, illustrating the use of the main handle;

Fig. d is a fragmentary sectional view on the line fi--d of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing the springs in the handles; and

l? ig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the pocket-book showing the construction of the handles.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the ocket book 5 is provided with a main tight andle 6, the ends 7 of which are secured to the ends of the pocket book 5. Mounted on this main handle 6 there are two sleeves 8, and to these sleeves 8 are secured the ends 9 of a loose auxiliary handle 10.

When a tight handle is desired, the long loose handle l0 is disposed dat against the main handle 6, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of. the drawings, and the pocket book is carried by grasping the main handle 6 and the auxiliary handle 10, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. When it is desired to use a long loose handle, the sleeves 8 are moved in the direction of each other as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, so that the long loose handle 10 is formed in a loop to permit of the pocket book being carried as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings.

It will be understood that should the long loose handle l0 become damaged in any way, it may be removed', together with the sleeves 8, the pocket-book then being provided with a tight handle such as is customarily employed.

We prefer to dispose the sleeves 8 not only around the main tight handle G, but also around the ends 9 of the long loose handle l0, and secure thesleeves to the ends of the long loose handle l0, as illustrated in Fig. 4c of the drawings. rlhis gives the handle a neat appearance.

A leaf spring 11 is .embedded in the handle 6, and a leaf spring l2 is embedded in the handle l0, these springs ll and 12 being provided for holding the handles 6 and 10 flat against the pocket book when not in use. When only the upper handle l0 is used the spring ll in the handle 6 holds it flat against the pocket book.

lt will be understood that the handle may be used not only on pocket books but also on purses, brief cases, vanity cases and' music rolls.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. ln combination with a pocket book, a main handle secured at its ends to the pocket book at points spaced apart a distance substantially the same as the length of the main handle, an auxiliary handle the length of which is less than the length of the main handle, and two sleeves slidably mounted on the main handle, to which the ends of the auxiliary handle are secured.

2. ln combination with a pocket book, a main handle secured at its ends to the pocket book at points spaced apart a distance subdii los

stantially the same as the length of the main against the main handle to a position where handle, en auxiliary lmnlle, the length gf the eyntljgnl pQntjlgn ofthe auxiliary handle is which is less than the length ef the mam spaeed fromt'eman handle, and means-for 10 handle,l means movnbly mounted 'en the holding ne 0 the handles flat agansbthe main handle, to which the'ends of the auXilpocketook. lary hamle are secured, which permit @he BENJAMN FISCH. auxiliary handle to move from e yqsitign JOSEPH l/VALDMAN. 

